April 29th, 2014

And what costume shall the poor Disembodied Narratorbot X-15735 wear
To all tomorrow’s SILENCE?
A hand-me-down dress from who knows where
To all tomorrow’s SILENCE

And where will Disembodied Narratorbot X-15735 go and what shall Disembodied Narratorbot X-15735 do
When SILENCE comes around?
Disembodied Narratorbot X-15735 will turn once more to Sunday’s clown
And cry behind the door

Yes, it’s that time when the party goes sour, when the brave and the beautiful have gone home, or on to wilder more fabulous parties, and all that’s left is the desperate dregs and the too far gone. The man that no-one knows who smells of milk. The broken, the twisted and the boring. And Gary Lactus & The Beast Must Die of course, sat in the corner pretending they have a podcast, shouting at the wall, laughing, singing idiotic jingles about imaginary people and talking, talking always talking.

Time to go home.

<ITEM> Admin time, with Batman Eternal, start at the middle, Hollyoaks vs Game of Thrones, Dinner Dance on Douglas Mountain, jingles and PREMIUM BONUS CONTENT.

8 Responses to “SILENCE! #101”

The weirdest thing about the Microverse – and I suspect this will spark TBMD’s memory – is that it’s home base to the Psycho-Man, a green and yellow villain who sports a Kirby-tech control panel with three buttons, labeled Fear, Doubt, and Hate respectively and evoking the corresponding emotions. If I remember right, the control panel gimmick has nothing to do with the Microverse gimmick, so it’s just a totally weird nonsense combination.

I’d pick ROM every day. Ditko does The Beyonder, man. Also, watch him make his gestural tics work, even when the characters have fused metal fingers.

The Micronauts were a bit like the Guardians of the Galaxy are today, though. In fact, it’s a bit of a surprise that they haven’t repurposed Bug for a role in the movie. I think Marvel owns him outright.

Hollyoaks is terrible in two senses of the word. People firing into each other with knives, cars, hurtful remarks, genitals. But it’s okay! There’s a helpline. I made the mistake of allowing myself to not ignore the omnibus a couple of times, and now I know all the names and stories and snogtrees. They’re all Londoners, for some reason. It’s like a producer from one of those horrid American teen dramas was asked to make a British soap and they’d never eard of Chester. Figuring “Britayne? That’s like, Big Ben and some shit? Done.”

I’ll settle their hash when I get me Trixie Biker show. gr

Johnny Alpha does have that whole Martin Shaw thng going for him, doesn’t he? Not sure I’d kick Tyranny or Arthur Ranson’s Anderson out of the restaurant, but he’s a handsome fella. Plus, he’s from the Keynes, so at least we’d have New Towns as a common frame of reference.

I read some rad comics this week, including a boss Commando about a half-English Norwegian guerilla fighter whose uncle was convinced he was a Viking.

I also read that Daredevil 1.50, which was okay apart from a creepy Bendis/Maleev story about Daredy marrying some random and knocking her up. Big twist: Bullseye tops her. What is Bendis’ obsession with Matt Murdock’s porky piping bag? A whole mini-series devoted to it (with a terrible non-twist ending), now this? Weird.

I can’t believe I forgot to ask about Tymbus in my anniversary question. I imagined the Mindless Ones gathered around a big round table, Justice League style, voting to kick Tymbus out because he’d revealed Gary Lactus’s secret identity to the world. Or that he’d gone into the wild, never to be heard from again. Thinking about it now, I’ve probably spent too much time thinking about Tymbus.

I thought the Eltingville Club was great, but it was also probably the harshest thing I’ve read since… Well, probably since the original Crossed series. Dorkin spent a while working in a comic shop and knows of what he speaks, but there’s also a lot of empathy there and the characters come across as real people rather than caricatures and that’s what makes it worth reading.
By the way, there’s a nerdy term for Dorkin’s lovely habit of stuffing as much into each panel as possible, it was coined ‘chicken fat’ by his hero, the Mad creator Will Elderhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Elder

Top show gents! Thanks for answering my feeble questions, I’m a little saddened I didn’t gain a stupid voice but I can wait until episode 200 I suppose.

I loved Judgment Night when it came out, and thought the soundtrack was ‘da bomb’. Or whatever kids were saying back then. They managed to make the trailer look absolutely appalling, and interestingly, Jeremy Piven in one of his pre-hair roles. He must have a Lazarus Pit in his Hollywood mansion.

I enjoyed the moment of revelation of what the Microverse actually was to TBMD in this episode, that pure gasp of realisation was just priceless. Those early issues were mindblowing. I remember seeing an ad for Micronauts 8 (I think) with Man-Thing on the cover and the Micronauts all flying around him and climbing on him, and drawn by Mike Golden. I was completely in awe.

I’m on and off with Dorkin, I picked up an issue of Dork and thought most of it was quite self-indulgent and not very funny, but then I picked up another one and thought it was brilliant. I especially identify with Eltingville, no idea why. I thought his Bill and Ted stuff was good, especially for a forced tie-in.

Here’s to the next 3 billion episodes!

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